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    Loneliness
    Loneliness
    Loneliness
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    Loneliness

    By Top Writers Block

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    We have all experienced loneliness at some stage in our life. Whether it is sitting alone in a doctor's office or witnessing some poor soul sleeping on a flattened carton, loneliness is there in different degrees. Why not read this collection of eleven short stories and see how loneliness appears to others?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop Writers Block
    Release dateMay 1, 2013
    ISBN9781301823062
    Loneliness
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    Top Writers Block

    Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!

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      Loneliness - Top Writers Block

      A Collection of Short Stories

      by Top Writers Block

      based on the theme

      ‘Loneliness’

      Copyright©April 2013 Top Writers Block

      Published by Top Writers Block at Smashwords

      ISBN: 9781301823062

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of these authors.

      Table of Contents

      Loneliness – Don Bick

      Ingrained – Suzy Stewart Dubot

      The Chronicle – Winona Garmhausen

      She Walked Along 14th Street – Anna Scott Graham

      Slider on the Log – Jeffra Hays

      Memories and Mean Chickens – Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      Life's End – David H. Keith

      Alienation in a Crowded Room – Bill Rayburn

      The Lonely Room – Melissa A. Szydlek

      Buried Loneliness – Debra C. Thomas

      The Phone Never Rings – Gary Weston

      A Short History of Loneliness – Barnaby Wilde

      Loneliness

      by Don Bick

      Don is a Vietnam Veteran. He recently spent several months in Vietnam working on his war memoirs - The Boy Died in Vietnam. He has written several novels and short stories available as e-books. His two favorite topics are love and life after death. Visit his website for more info - www.donbick.com

      Copyright©2013 Don Bick

      Loneliness

      It was late fall. The sky was overcast and threatening rain. A stiff breeze blew from the north, its chill penetrating to the bone. I shivered as I walked uphill through the woods. The last of the clinging dead leaves detached from the trees that weren’t evergreens and flew around me. It wasn’t quite freezing or the tears streaming down my cheeks might have been frozen. Instead, they dropped unnoticed onto my heavy coat. It was 9:45 in the morning.

      I continued up the winding path lost in memories of years gone by, lost within my thoughts of you and our time together. I know you are watching and listening to me as I make this trek up through the forest, up to our favorite place. I’m sure you notice I am a lot slower this morning and more tired than I can remember. But I have no doubt I will make it to the top.

      The kids, not so subtly, tried to get me to join them today, but I wanted, no, the truth is, I needed to spend the time with you. The urge to climb this hill and sit in your presence is stronger than it has ever been before.

      I don’t remember it being so cold last year. Perhaps I am not remembering correctly or there was way too much pain that day for me to pay much attention to the weather. I notice it today because we used to love to come up here on days like this. We always had them to ourselves. No one else ventured out in these conditions. We would get bundled up and hike up here with our thermos of hot coffee. It was our special time together. And today will be the same because there isn’t anyone else around. I didn’t bother with the coffee though, it is not the same if I am not sharing it with you.

      The trees began to thin out as I made my way through the park at the higher elevation and as a result the breeze turned into a strong wind. I pulled my knit cap tighter down over my ears and the collar of my coat up higher around my neck. It really didn’t seem to help much. I was breathing pretty heavy now, but I didn’t have much further to go.

      A doe jumped across the path up ahead, startling me for a moment. It reminded me of the time a bobcat did the same thing on one of our trips out here. I didn’t notice it at first and when you screamed it scared the living daylights out of me. We laughed for a long time over that one.

      I finally reached the summit and spied our favorite sitting spot about five yards away. I looked at my watch and it was 10:34 am. Perfect, I made it in time, although slower than last year by a few minutes. I am a lot more winded than I remember when last I made the trip up the hill, guess I’m not walking as much as I used to.

      It didn’t take long to reach the familiar place, just a couple of boulders along the ridge, overlooking a wide stretch of valley below. I stood for a few

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